Nil Garbar

Nil Garbar was a Russian schemamonk of St Panteleimon Monastery, born in 1863 in the village of Yaskovtsy, Kremenets district, Volhynia province. He reposed on 21 July 1945. He is venerated by the faithful, without a synodal canonization.

Named Narkiss Evstafievich in the world, the son of Tatiana, he had his mother as first teacher and guide, who kindled in his heart the love of God. Still a boy he dreamed of the monastic life and at sixteen left home, wandering from place to place. He came to Athos and lived in a hut. On 29 November 1932 he fell gravely ill and had to leave his hut and move to Rossikon. For thirteen more years he fought the illness, always calm and balanced, thanking God constantly for the trials. He reposed on 21 July 1945.